--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I guess the REAL point of SV is that if humans > > > > can't make their houses fit into nice neat rows, > > > > then probably humans shouldn't be living on that > > > > land... > > > > > > Wow. > > > > > > I just don't know how to react to this. Part of > > > me hopes that you're kidding, and another part is > > > horrified to consider the possibility that you're > > > not. > > > > > > Do you honestly believe that you can realize > > > enlightenment while trying to make your life fit > > > into nice neat rows? > > > > That's the point. If you have to put effort into > > community living, then its distracting you from > > more important issues. > > Well said. We are agreed on this, then. > > I still think it's a "shut in" phenomenon, the kind > of thing that only people who haven't left the rooms > they live in for years would consider important. > > > Now, is it really effortful to live on wavey streets > > instead of straight streets? I live on a semi-circle > > and I have a hard time figuring out North, but that's > > me. HOWEVER, the SV claim apparently is based on some > > intuition about the interaction of devas with the land > > and the users of the land. It's a religious thing... > > Yes it is. And it's being adopted by many people who > will claim up one side of the issue and down the other > that it's not, and would like to pretend that they're > buying into it because of rational reasons. > > > ...obviously, unless some scientific basis can be found > > for the claims. > > > > Are you criticizing the entire Hindu culture and religion > > because their tradition says streets alligned with NS/EW > > are better than streets that aren't? > > Yup, I guess I am. And I am doing so unapologetically. > > Presented as religious belief, the ideas are Ok. > Presented as pseudo-scientific fact, I don't think > they are. Especially, when these so-called "facts" > go so strongly against every other tradition of > geomancy that I know of on the planet, and against > most people's intuitive feeling for what living in > harmony with nature really means. >
At least one of the American Indian tribes prefers to have all their buildings facing East. Don't remember which one. I don't see it as big deal, though obviously MMY does.
